St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-09-22
CALEDONIA FAIR.
Opening Days Bright and Fair,
MONSTER OXEN, CHOICE STOCK,
> SPLENDID HORSES.


ment Tuesday morning; there was
just air enough stirring to make il
comfortable and the fair started of
very auspiciOusly. The show of cat
tie was very fine and that of horses fal
ahead of any previous year.
The Big Oxen
Occupied a tent by themselves and ap-
peared like old friends returned to the
place of their nativity. About 7OOC
pounds is said to be their weight and
they show excellent care and look
their appreciation of the many com
pliments that are shOwered upon them
They girth nine feet and four inches
each and yard stick is none too long
reach across the backs of these hand
some creatures, the largest oxen in the
world. Their owners, Moore &
Hastings, did a thriving business dur.
ing the fair. as
Fine Display of Cattle.
L. D. Hazen had by far the largest
display of cattle on the grounds. He
exhibited 33 yoke of oxen, among them
the 10 yoke that were awarded first
premium on town teams at the state
fair last week, and also special pre-
miums for the best five yOkes. The
average weight of the best eight yoke
is 1868 and the average of the entire
lot, 4078. A pair of four-year olds
weigh 400, as much as the now ia
nous "big oxen" weighed when six
years old, and Mr.. Hazen thinks they
give promise of growing larger and
weighing heavier than the big pair
The fact that all these cattle were
worked throughout the winter in the
woods gives evidence of good care Oh
the part of the owner.
L. B. Harris of Lyndon exhibits
three herds, DevOns, HerefOrds and
Polled Angus, all cattle that won the
New England and State fair premium
already noted. Besides those that
have come to be familiar with the cat
tle-loving people of the county he ex-
hibits two fine Hereford bulls, the
Polled Angus bull "RubicOn," and the
four-year-Old Devon bull "Farrell.'
His exhibit exceeds that of previous
years and more cannot be said.
The Dow brothers of Barnet show a
pair of remarkably fine yearling steers
that weigh 1900. E. & T. Fairbanks
& Co., besides their fine string OF
heavy weights in the town strings show
a fine three-year-old Jersey bull, a
pair of fine twO-year-Old Jersey heifers
and good calves. A pair of four-year-
old steers exhibited by them weigh
1860 pounds and pair of twO-year-
Odds, 1925.
John Coucher of Lyndon shows a
handsome Holstein bull "SnOwstorm."
d. X. Wakefield of Danville shows a
fine six-year-old. Devon bull and fine
heifers and calves, the latter particu-
larry handsome.
L. A. Darling of East Burke has
some fine Devon stock, bull, four
cows, heifers, etc. Mr.. Darling also
shows nine head of Jersey stock, two
bulls, a COW, etc.
j. G.. HOvey had his short horn bull
on exhibition and handsome pair of
heavy oxen on Tuesday, besides some
grade cows. Because of some disa-
greement with the management in Sc
lecting oxen for the town strings Judge
HOvey withdrew his stock from the
fair.
A. o. & j. Bemis exhibit nine head
of short-hOrns, yearling bull, Lord
Rufus, bred by M. H. Cochran of
Compton, P. O., two cows, heifers and
calves, a notable showing.
Chas. l.. Stevens of Danville has
some good Devon stock, two cows,
calves and yearling heifer.-N.
w. Ruggles grade Devon bull.
A. T. Evans makes his usual dis
play of Short horns, including some
fine thorough breds. John Sanborn
shows Durham grade heifer; Chas.
Ross a Durham grade COW and calf,
and Ora Drew grade calves.
Besides those already named there
is a good showing of Holsteins. E. III.
Clark of East Cabot exhibits his HOl-
stein bull, Peter Piper, and COW, Meri
no.-Ernest BlOdgett of Summerville
shows grade Holsteins, COW, bull
calf, etc.-W. b. Johnson shows both
Holstein and Durham stock.-E. L..
HOvey shows handsome grade HOl-
stein calf.-Cook 81 Wiley of st.
Centre show a 3-year-Old
HOlstein bull and grade calves. B. X.
& r. B. Graves are also well repre-
sented by HOlstein stock.
The CavaIcade.
The fact that the display of oxen
was specially fine was demonstrated
when they were all strung out Tues
day and marched round the course. A
pretty pair of trained steer calves own
ed by VIM. Brady headed the process
sion and were followed by Moore &
big oxen, which appeared all
the larger by the contrast. Then
came Mr.. Hazen's 80 yoke, the heavi-
est eight yoke weighing respectively,
$500, 500, 400, $500, $500, 400, 1900,
1850, and the following eight yoke
400, 400, 400, 400, 400,
400, 400, $3.50. The 30 yoke repre-
sented ia, $50 pounds of OK flesh The
st. Johnsbury string weighed respec-
lively, 4I3O, 1892, 1890, 1880, 1880,
1880, 1860 (4-year-old steers) 1925 e.